New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-07
JHE Talk OF THE DAY.

";o West. young man." exclaims aThe Boston
Transcript but when you that you do better
than the Boston nine IS doing"
What sort Of men have the missionary societies been
sending out to convert the heather Of Slant Mrs.
Leavitt writes from Bangkok: "Dear Reverend Mis-
soDary Board. pray do rot send cut any more wine
blbblng cgar-smoking missionaries; there Is bad ex
ample enough in all lands from the ungodly men
Of Christian lands who are In Cove nnent employ and
engaged in business Let Christian missionaries be 50
free from al these things that poor soul body
be injured by following their example,
The National Bank Manual Of the Maverick Ma
tional Bank Of Boston is full Of statistics and other
information that will be useful 10 the business man
and the banker.
Some men 90 around talking large about their plans
to buy house who haven't money enough to get
80 about tadng caTelessly about their grounds who
haven't room enough IN the frUnt dOor-yafd 10 MAKE
two blades Of grass grow where one starved death
before. Men aIo queer creatures anyhow ; 1t
weren't for women We should stare at them as we-oo
at a natural curiosity. -lsomerylne Journal.
"slmce Ia golden"-and it never rs golden
any other time "a the day after the glorious
Fourth. Ask the man whose small boys brass cannon
woke him up Monday morning at :05 O'Clock IL this
isn't So
The longest street railway In the world will be that
which Is between number OF towns near
Buenos Ayres. 1t viii also be exceptional In that
sleeping Will be II for the convenience OF
other equipments Of the line being supplied
by q Philadelphia firm. These sleeping
furnished with four berths each, which are made to
roll up when not in use. The cars are furnished
with layatOres Vaer-oooler linen presses, and other
convenences and finished throughout with mahog-
any. The other rolling stock comprises four double
decled open cars, twenty platform cars, twenty
gondola cars. refrigerator cars, four poultry
furnished with coops eight cattle cars two derrick
for lifting heavy material and 200 box cars.
Even John l. sullivan knows better than ~ tackle
a refractory car Widow when he = ,raVeilng. Ana
Just to please pretty girL-tSomeryule Journal.
Why does a reporter always mention the cslibre
OF pistol whenever he has occasion to alinic to one
Why is 1t necessary to state that woman was shot
with thirty eight calIbre Colt young man
puts these questions The Philadelphia Calb"
The CALI negects to mention his calibrc, but the
omission Is not perhaps important
In a number Of buildings going up In New
Orleans coored brickayers employed, fact which
leads The cayune" to say Young white men might
learning and doing this useful and honest work 1t
Is much better In the long run than wOrkingat base
ball.
Two scotch fshwives In London were talking about
tho Jubilee the other day. Eh. wumman," said one
W tho other, "can we tell me what jubilee IL, for
hear a. the folk spain' aboot itp "Ou, az" replied
tho other, al tell ye that; ye see, when
a man and wumman has been marit for five and
twenty year, that's sIer waddin' and when they've
been marrit for fifty year that's goudcn waddin' ;
bus when the mans deed, that's a jubilee"
"The British Medical Journal" says that number
Of babies have been poisoned by sucking the green
straps Of their perambulatOrs.' An analytical exam
nation Of the straps showed the presence OF enough
arsenic In them to kiu ADULT 1t is hard to believe
that manufacturers coud be guilty Of such criminal
folly place deadly poison in the reach Of infants.
IL any green straps baby carriages In this
country mothers Will do well to take them OF at
You are frightened at that loud roaring Noise are
you Think It's earthquake because 1t jars the
windows, hey Well IL isn't-its simply a prominent
citizen down at the court house paying his taxes. lie
has found out they 81 rs and he Is making all
that noise about it. He paid 81 for cigars last month
and his bar ON was $40, and only last week he was
fined $40 for being drunk and disoreIly and he paid
all those things and never even little roar-not even
a grow. But, great scott listen TO him now when he
finds bis taxes 81 rs Just hear him howl lie
says the Government general and local, Is fraud and
a snare and a delusi0n. Taxes ST. 10 He won't
stand 1t He knows when he's oppressed and ground
down. A dollar and sevcnty-fve cents for whole
years taxes Great heavens, he says, no wonder men
socialists i-(Dakota Bel.